Consumer Engagement Scale

What it measures

Measures consumer engagement with a specific brand across cognitive, affective, and behavioural dimensions. Cognitive processing captures the level of brand-related thought; Affection captures positive feelings toward the brand during interaction; Activation captures the energy and effort expended in brand interactions. Developed specifically for social media brand contexts.

Response format

Likert (1–7, strongly disagree to strongly agree)

Scale items

Conscious Attention (Likert 1–7, strongly disagree to strongly agree)

• I think about [brand/company] a lot.
• [Brand/company] captures my attention.
• I pay a lot of attention to anything about [brand/company].
• It's hard to ignore information about [brand/company].

Enthused Participation

• I am always interested in learning more about [brand/company].
• Participation with [brand/company] is something I enjoy.
• I always keep up with news and updates from [brand/company].
• When I participate in activities involving [brand/company], I get caught up in the experience.

Social Interaction

• I always want to share my views about [brand/company] with others.
• Talking about [brand/company] with other people matters to me.

Full scale items shown. Always cite the original source when using this scale in research.

Usage notes & scoring

Three subscale scores. Score = mean per dimension. Widely used in social media marketing, brand community, and digital marketing research. Consumer engagement predicts loyalty, advocacy, and co-creation behaviours beyond satisfaction alone. Distinguish from employee engagement (which uses different operationalisations).

Recommended companion scales

Citation

Hollebeek, L.D., Glynn, M.S., & Brodie, R.J. (2014). Consumer brand engagement in social media: Conceptualization, scale development and validation. Journal of Service Research, 17(2), 149–168.

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